Seasonal flu may not just peak with fever, cough and a sore throat. Many people, especially seniors and younger children, ...

Respiratory syncytial virus and influenza activity are on the rise in parts of the country, particularly among young children, according to the CDC's latest respiratory virus updates. Overall, the ...

Seasonal influenza epidemics impose substantial burdens on health care systems and cause >5 million hospitalizations of ...

Did you get the flu last winter? If so, you were one of at least 34 million people in the United States who got sick during ...

Related: Flu shot lowers hospitalization risk by 35% in vulnerable groups, data hint Respiratory viruses such as influenza spread through three main pathways: viruses left on surfaces that people ...

Besides the most recent data, people can also see the county's case trends for flu and RSV going back to the 2002-03 season. "One thing I noticed is that each year for the past five years ...

Newly released data from the Southern Hemisphere, where flu season typically runs from April through September, suggests that this year’s flu vaccines offer 34% efficacy against hospitalization ...

Experts look at data from different countries at the start of the year. They see what three A and B influenza strains are most common and build the flu vaccine that comes out in the fall ...

If you do catch a cold or flu, a humidifier may still help ease coughing and congestion, though there is less data on how well this works compared to placebo or whether it can reduce the overall ...

Helen Branswell, STAT’s infectious disease reporter, has been writing about H5N1 bird flu for 20 years. If you’re aware of the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle — you may have seen ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin testing bulk raw milk across the country for bird flu, a significant ...